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FEED' TROUGH. No. 474,867. Patent d May 17', 1892.

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CORA B. SNELLENBERGER AND JOHNATHAN SNELLENBERGER, OF PAULDING, OHIO.

FEED-THOUGH..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,867, dated May 17,1892.

Application led December 24, 1891. Serial No. l116,077. (No model.)

To a/Z whom tn/bay concern.- have their upper ends nailed to the bars 7.and

Be it known that we, OORA B. SNELLEN- their lower ends to the outer edgeof the feed- BERGER and JOHNATHAN SNELLENBEEGEE, trough, and single bars9 are located opposite citizens oftheUnitedStates,residingatPauldthefront edges of the partitions and have 5 ing, in the county of Pauldingand State of their upper ends nailed to the bar7 and their 55 Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Comlower ends to the inner Yedge of the feed?bined Feed-Trough and Hog-Trap, of which trough, so that as the pairs ofbars 8 are opthe following is a specification. posite the compartmentsand the single bars This invention relates to improvements in 9 areopposite the partitions forming the comro feed-troughs, the objects inview being to propartments it will be apparent that the bars 6o Vide acheap and convenient feed-trough for 9 will alternate with the pairs ofbars 8. A hogs and to so construct the same as to adapt series of wiresl0 are connected to the upit to serve as a trap during the process ofright or standard 6 and have their leading ringing the hogs. v, endspassed around the first adjacent single f5 Other objects and advantagesof the invenbar 9, thence outwardly and around the ad- 6; tion willappear in the following description, jacent pair of bars 8, thenceinwardly around and the novel features thereof will be parthe nextsucceeding bar 9, and so on through ticularly pointed out in the claims.the series of bars 8 and 9, so that the wire Referring to the drawings,Figure 1 is a strands are thusinterwound between the bars zo perspectiveof a combined feed-trough and and form a cheap manner of partitioningoif 7o trap constructed in accordance with our inthe feed-trough.

vention. Fig. 2 is a perspective, the View be- The partitions 3 supporta fixed section 11 ing taken from the rear. Fig. 3 is a transof roofing,and to the rear edge of said section Verse section. there is hinged, asat 12, a swinging section z5 Like numerals of reference indicate like13, which when let down to a horizontal posi- 75 parts in all thefigures of the drawings. tion extends outwardly over the feed-trough,

1 designates the base or door of the comthus sheltering the same andpreventing the bined feed-trough and trap, and rising from entrance ofsnow, sleet, and rain, and is supthe same, nearits opposite ends, areshort ver ported in its position by the section l1, or a 3o tical endwalls 2. Between the end walls post 14: (shown by dotted lines) may bepro- 3c there is located a series of vertical partitions vided for thispurpose. In fair weather this 3, dividing the hoor-space off into aseries of section 13 may be thrown back upon a fixed compartments 4,each sufficiently large to acsection 1l, and thus admit sunshine and aircommodat-e one hog. The end walls 2 aid in freely to the inclosure. Atone end of the 3 5 the support of a longitudiually-disposedfeed troughthere is supported an inclined chute 85 trough 5,which extends betweentheend walls 15, the lower end of which enters into the in front of thepartitions 3, and is such a distrough, and thus the trough may be filledfrom tance from the rear edge of the floor l as one point. agrees withabout the length of a hog, so that Hinged to the front edge ofthe dooror base,

4o when the rear sides of the compartmentsa are as at Y16, is a frontwall 17, adapted to be 9o closed a hog will be maintained with his headswung to a vertical position and close the directly over the thefeed-trough, all for a compartments and to be maintained in that purposehereinafter specified. position bya pair of spring-latches 18. ThisAvertical post or standard Grises from the Wall 17 is provided with adoor 10 opposite 45 door 1 and is secured to the outer side of the eachof the compartments 4, so that one or an y 95 wall 2, and said standardsupports a longinumber of the compartments may be opened tudinalconnectiug-bar 7, extending alongwithoutopeningtheremaiungcompartlnents. above the feed-trough and flushwith the up- Through the stationary roof-section 11, near per edges ofthe partitions 3. Opposite each the rear edge of the same and above eachcom- 5o of the compartmentsa pair of inclined bars S partment, there isformed a pair of perfora- 10o tions 20, and rope sections 2l have theirends passed upward] ythrough these sections, theintermediate portions ofthe rope-sections torming nooses, for a purpose hereinafter apparent.One terminal of each rope section is knotted, as shown, while theremaining terminal hangs down to form a pull, whereby the size of thenoose, as will be readily understood, may be decreased.

In operation the front wall is released and swung to a lowered position,the hogs being driven into the compartments 4, after which said frontwall is raised, so that each hog is now inclosed in a separatecompartment and cannot communicate or pass from one compartment to theother. In this manner they may be conveniently' fed, each receiving hisproper allowance of food. If it be desired to ring the hogs previous tothe time they are driven into the compartments, the several nooses areslackened or drawn down, so that head must necessarily be passed through the noose. Now by pulling upon the terminal of the rope sectionforming the noose the noosel is decreased in size, and as it decreasestakes under the chin or snout of the hog, thus elevating his head to aproper point, which elevation may be maintained either by holding to therope or tying the same to some suitable object. It is but a simplematter for the operator to reach between the bars and apply the ring tothe snout, after which the hog maybe released and the next hog similarlytreated. The hogs may all be released at once by a lowering of the frontwall 17, or, as before stated, may be singly released by successivelyopening the doors i9, and thus the trap is also adapted for branding andother purposes incident to the care of live stock.

The base or Hoor is provided with a clevis or staple and ring located atone end thereof, whereby a horse may be hitched to the structure for thepurpose of dragging it from one ield to another.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. In a feed-trough,the combination, with the base o1' floor, the opposite end walls, andthe intermediate longitudinally-disposed trough,

to the post 6 and passed successively around the single bars 9 and pairsof bars 8, substantially as specified.

2. In a hog-trough, the combination, with. the base, the series ofvertical partitions rising therefrom and forming compartments,and thetrough arranged in rear ot the compartments, of the front wall hinged tothe base, means for locking the same in a Vertical position, and doorsformed in the Wall opposite each of the compartments, substantially asspecified.

3. In a hog-trough, the combination, with the base and the series ofvertical partitions arranged in rear of the same, of the front wall,doors for each of the compartments formed in the wall, a root` mountedon the partitions and opposite each compartment provided with a pair ofperforations, and a series of rope sectionshavingtheirterminals passedthrough the perforations, so as to form a noose within the compartments,one terminal of each rope section being knotted above the roof andterminating in a hand-pull, substantially as specified.

4t. In a hog-trough, the combination, with the base or floor and thevertical partitions rising therefrom and forming a series ofcoinpartments, of a trough arranged in rear of the compartments, ahog-holder arranged in each compartment, a hinged front wall, and doorslocated in said wall opposite each of the compartments, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CORA B. SNELLENBERGER. JOIINATHAN SNELLENBERGER.

Witnesses:

EDD. L. RHODES, ELMER E. RHODES.

